Photographic film camera



Aug. 13, 1935. A. BARENYI 2,011,432

PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM CAIERA Filed Oct. 21, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I 7 Inrenton flal/ I: y

flttorney- Au'g. 13, 1935, BARENY| 2,011,432

' PHOTOGRAPHIC FILI CAIIERA Filed Oct. 21. 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Attorney.

at... Aug. 13, 1935 UNITED STATES rno'rocasrmc FILM CAMERA A id Barnyi, Beriin-Hchterfelde, Germany,

assigrzor to Yoigtlander & Sohn Aktiengesell- Brunswick, Germany, a Joint-stock c'om- Germany Application October 21, 1933, Serial No. 694,624

In Germany October 27, 1932 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in phoiographic fllm cameras, andmore particularly in cameras of the box type, in which the film spools are mounted in chambers provided at either side of the light e and at the rear of the,front wall of the casing, and in which further'a finder is provided above the saidlight passage, which flnder comprises a finder lens located above the camera lens in the front wall of the casing, a reflector disposed atan angle of substantially 45 at the rear of the said finder lens, and a focussing screen disposed horizontally above the said reflector.

' Oneof the objects of the improvements is to provide a camera of this type which is compact in form, and with this object in view my invention consists in providing a finder reflector and its mounting which are reduced in breadthat their front and bottom ends, so that room is spared at either side of the bottom part of the reflector and the film spools may be mounted close to the front part of the light passage and with their top ends laterally of the, finder chamber. Further, room is spared at the reducedfront part of the reflector for providing chambers above the spools and laterally of the finder chamber in which spool operating members such for example as the film winding key may be located.

As the film spools are thus disposed close to" the light passage they project with their outer portions but slightly beyond the outlines of the vide-mirrors by means of which certain readings suchastheposition oftheiris-diaphragm'and the shutter operating may be made from aboveandbytheoperatorlookingdownwardly andonthefocussingsereen.

Other objects of the will appear from the following description.

Iorthepurpoaeofexplainingtbeinventionan exampleembodyingthesamehasbeen shown in theaccompanyingdrawiminwhichthesame lettersofreferencehavebeenusedinalltheviews s a of Fig. 2,

(Cl. sis-3U to indicate corresponding parts. In said-drawins Flg. l is a front elevation showing the camera, some parts being broken away to show the manner of mounting one of the film spools and the 6 film winding key,

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a partialsectional plan View taken on the line 5'5 of Fig; l.

The outer case or body I of the camera com- 1 prises a front wall 2, four walls 3 connected with the front wall and flaring outwardly and rearwardly therefrom to provide the light passage I, and a partition 5 extending at an angle of 45 from the top part of the light passage 4 2o rearwardly and upwardly to the top of the case, said partition providing a finder chamber 6. In circular holes I and 8 made in the frontwall 2 of the case tubes 9 and III are shiftable in axial direction on which lenses II and I2 and their tubes l3 and H are supported. The lower lens II is the exposure lens, and it cooperates with an iris-diaphragm the setting member I6 of which projects forwardly in front of the shutter housing ll of the objective. At the rear end of the light passage 4 a frame It for guiding the film ll isprovided, the said film being in position for being acted upon by the light-cone emanating from the lens II.

To the partition 5 a reflector 2| is secured by means of which the rays emanating from the finder lens l2 are reflected upwardly and on a focussing screen 22 securedto and closing the open top part of the camera case. The said screen may be inspected through a collapsible shaft .3 40 of known construction. The lens l2, the refiector 2| and the screen 22 provide the finder.

The tubes 9 and II of the camera and finder lenses II and t2 are rigidly connected with each other by a plate or frame 23 by means of which simultaneous axial displacement of both lenses is insured. The said frame or plate is formed with a forwardly directed flange-24 embracing the lenses II and i2 and their mountings. At the rear of the frame or plate 23 a slide 25 is mounted on the front wall 2 of the case in suitable guide ways, such as pins 20 fixed to the front wall 2 of the case and engagins in vertical slots 21 of the slide. The said slide is formed with oblong cutout portions 3| and II permitting the passage of the tubes 9 and Ill therethrough. At either side of the mounting H of the lens l2 and the shutter housing I! of the lens H the slide 25 is made integral with ears 28 formed with inclined cam slots 29 engaging pins 32 secured to and projecting from both sides of the mounting of the lens l2 and the shutter casing H of the lens ll. Therefore, when the slide 25 is shifted upwardly r downwardly, the lenses H and i2 and the parts associated therewith are simultaneously shifted in axial direction inwardly and outwardly.

For thus shifting the slide 25 a disk 33 is provided which is located at the front side of the wall 2 of the case, and which is mounted on an arbor 34. At the rear of the disk 33 a disk 35 is secured which is provided with an eccentric pin 36 engaging in a slot 37 of an car 38 projecting laterally from the slide 25. Therefore, when the disk 33 is rotated such rotary movement istransinitted to the disk 35 and the pin 35 carried thereby, so that the slide 25 is shifted upwardly or downwardly; The said disktt is provided on its cylindrical face with graduation marks cooperating with a mark or pointer 38 carried by the front wall 2 of the case, the said graduation marks being provided with figures indicating the distance to which the lenses have been set by shifting the same inwardly or outwardly.

In the preferred construction shown in the figures the disks 33 and 35 and the shaft 363 are rotated through the intermediary of bevel gear wheels ill, at from a milled disk -2 secured to an arbor 43 mounted in the side wall 4 of the case and projecting laterally therefrom. Thus the lenses M and t2 may be set from the side of the case in the proper positions corresponding to the distance of the object and while the operator inspects the image of the object produced on the focussing screen 22. The adjustment of the lenses ill and i2 may be read from the graduation marks made on the disk 33 and the pointer 88, and it is not necessary for the operator to inspect the disk from the front side of the camera.

The film spools 59 are disposed close to and at the rear of the front wall 2 of the case and laterally of the front part of the light passage l, and they are mounted in spool chambers 5i bounded by the vertical side walls 3 of the light passage 4 and by lids 52 and 53 hinged to the front wall 2 at 54. The lid 52 is made integral with a portion 55 adapted to cover the rear side of the bottom part of the case and the film l9, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and the lid 53 is formed with a flange 56 adapted to overlap the margin of the portion 55 when the lids are closed. Thus, the spool chambers 51 and the light passage 4 are closed in a light-tight way. The lids 52 and 53 are bulged outwardly at 59 to accommodate the outer portions of the spools 50. To the lid 53 a spring catch 51 is secured which is adapted to engage a pin 58 secured to the portion 55 for holding the lids in closing positions. In each of the spool chambers 5! there are two rollers 60 on which the film I9 is guided.

The spool chambers 5| are closed at their top ends by horizontal partition walls 6| and 62, and above the said partitions chambers 63 are provided which are open at the sides of the camera. In one of the said chambers the film winding key 64, and in the other chamber a lever65 are mounted. The lever 65 is fixed to the spool centre 66 of the feed spool, which centre ispassed through a bore made in the partition wall 62 and is adapted to be retracted by means of the lever 65. The winding centre 61 is passed through 9.

bore made in the wall 6! and it has a ratchet disk 68 secured to its top end, which is engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 69 carried by the film winding key 64. In the normal position the said' key is located within the chamber 63, as is shown in Fig. 3, and when it is turned in the direction of the arrow a, the pawl 69 imparts rotary movement to the ratchet wheel 68 and the winding centre 61, whereby the film is wound on the spool. When the key 64 is turned in the opposite direction the pawl 6.! slides on the ratchet disk 68 with out acting on the spool.

By mounting the film spools in the manner described the dead spaces included between the lateral parts of the front wall 2 and the adjacent parts of the vertical walls 3 of the light passage are used for disposing the spools therein. In a similar way the space ll included between the partition 5 and the top wall 5 of the light passage 4 is used for mounting certain parts therein. For example, an additional photographic filmspool It may be stored within the said chamber, which film spool is held in position between a pair of leaf springs l3. Laterally of the reflector 6 chambers 92 are provided which may be used for keeping a yellow screen or a subsidiary lens therein. The chamber ll is closed at its rear by a lid M hinged to the rear part of the case. After the lid M has been opened the spool l2 and thereafter the yellow screen and the subsidiary lens may be removed. However, separate lids may be provided for closing the chambers Q2 located laterally of the reflector 2E.

Finally, also the chamber located below the lower partition wall may be used for storing certain parts therein, in which case the said space is closed by hinged lid 55.

As has been stated above, the graduation marks provided on the disk 33 may be inspected from above. In order to enable the operator to inspect also the adjustment of the iris-diaphragm and the shutter from above, the setting member l6 which embraces the shutter casing ll carries an inclined mirror l8 which is formed at its middle with a mark ll located in front of graduation marks l9, and a similar mirror It is provided for permitting inspection of the adjustment of the shutter from above. The shutter is set according to the desired time of exposure by means of a rotary ring 80. Graduation marks 8| -provided on the said ring cooperate with the mirror 18 which is fixed to the shutter casing, and which is likewise provided with a mark 82. When the operator looks from above on the mirrors i6 and T8 he can read the graduation marks 19 and 8! bymeans of the mirrors l6 and 18 respectively.

At the bottom of the case an internally screwthreaded nipple 85 is provided by means of which the camera may be mounted on a stand. The lower spool centres 86 are extended outwardly to provide feet 81, and the length of the said feet is equal to that of the nipple 85, so that the camera may be placed'with the said parts on a table or other support.

I claim:

1. A photographicfilm camera, comprising a case formed with an outwardly and rearwardly flaring light passage, a camera lens and a finder lens mounted at the front side of the case, an

. inclined reflector in position for reflecting the rays emanating from said finder lens upwardly, said reflector being reduced in breadth at its front end as compared to the rear end, and film 2. A photographic-film camera, "comprising a v 6 case formed with an outwardly and rearwardly flaring light passage, a camera lens and a finder lens'mounted at the front side of the case, an inclined reflector in position for reflecting the rays emanating from said finder lens upwardly, said reflector being reduced in breadth at its front end as compared to the rear end, film spools mounted in said case near the front wall thereof and laterally of said light passage and front part of said mirror, and lids covering the sides of said camera and the film spools and formed with outwardly bulged portions to accommodate the outer parts of said film spools.

3. A photographic-film camera, comprising a case formed with an outwardly and rearwardly flaring light passage and with cavities disposed laterally of, and above the front part of said light passage, a camera lens and a finder lens mounted at the front side of the case, an inclined reflector in position for reflecting the rays emanating from said finder lens upwardly, said reflector being reduced in breadth at its front end as compared to the rear end, film spools mounted in said case near the front wall thereof and laterally of said light passage and front part of said mirror, and spool operating members in said cavities.

4. A photographic-film camera, comprising a rigid case of fixed dimensions formed with a rearwardly and outwardly flaring light passage and having its front wall extended laterally beyond the front part of said light passage, film spools hinged to said front wall laterally of the front part of said light passage, and a lid comprising two portions and together covering the,

spool containing parts of said case and the rear part of said light passage.

5. A photographic-film camera, comprising a rigid case of fixed dimensions formed with a rearwardly and outwardly flaring light passage .and having its front wall extended beyond the front part of said light passage, film spools mounted laterally of the front part ofsaid light passage and at the rear of extended parts of the front wall, and lids hinged to the front wall of said case and coverone formed witha portion covering the whole of said light passage at its rear and the other being formed with a rim overlapping said portion covering the light passage.

v6. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, a frame rigidly connecting said lenses, a slide shiftable on said case, and a cam connection between said slide and frame constructed for shifting the frame in the direction of the optical axis when the slide is shifted.

i 7. A camera, comprisinga case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and-a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, a frame rigidly connect said lensespa slide shiftable on the front wal of said case and formed with ears projecting forwardly therefrom into positions for "embracing the mountings of said lenses 'andformed with inclined'cam slots, and pins secured to said mountlugs and engaging in said cam slots.

. ing the spool containing side parts thereof and B. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, 9. frame rigidly connecting said lenses, a slide shiftable on the front wall of said case and formed with cut-out portions embracing said mountings and with ears projecting forwardly therefrom into positions for embracing the mountings of said lenses and formed with inclined cam slots, and pins secured to said mountr ings and engaging in said cam slots.

-9. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, a frame rigidly connecting said lenses, a slide shiftable on said case, a cam connection between said slide and frame constructed for shifting the frame in the direction of the optical axes when the slide is shifted, said slide being formed-with a slot disposed transversely of the directiontof movement of' the slide, and a rotary member carrying an eccentric pin engaging in the slot of said slide.

10. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes'of said lenses, a frame rigidly connecting said lenses, a slide shiftable on said case, a cam connection between said slide and frame constructed for Y shifting the frame in the direction of the optical axes when the slide is shifted, and operating mechanism for said slide comprising a rotary operating member projecting laterally from said case.

ll. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, a frame rigidly connecting said lenses a slide shiftable on said case, a cam connection between said slide and frame constructed for shifting the frame in the direction of the optical axes when the slide is shifted, said slide being formed with a forwardly directed ear having a slot disposed transversely of the direction of movement of the slide, a rotary member carrying a pin engaging in said slot and having its axis parallel to the optical axis, a rotary slide operating device projecting laterally from said case, and a bevel gearing connecting said member and operating device.

12. A camera, comprising a case formed with a finder chamber, a camera lens and a finder lens and their mountings, said mountings being,

shiftable in the direction of the optical axes of said lenses, a frame connecting said lenses, a slide shiftable on said case, a cam connection between said slide and frame constructed for shifting the frame in the direction of the optical case formed with an exposure chamber having a rearwardly and upwardly inclined upper wall and a finder chamber having a rearwardly and upwardly inclined lower wall extending from the" front part of said exposure chamber rearwardly and upwardly, t e said upper wall ,of the exposure chamber and lower wall of the finder chama ber defining a rearwardly widening space, and a lid for closing the said space at the rear.

14. A photographic camera, comprising a case formed with an exposure chamber and a finder chamber having an inclined bottom which is narrower at its front and bottom part than at its rear and top part, and which is narrower than the case to provide chambers between the side walls of the ease and the finder chamber, the bottom of said finder chamber and the top part of said exposure chamber providing a rearwardly widening chamber which is otherwise open at its rear, means for keeping a device in reserve Within said ehiiimber provided between the bottom 0;

the finder chamber and the top of the exposure chamber, and a lid for closing said chamber.

15. A photographic-film camera, comprising a case formed with an outwardly and rearwardly flaring light passage, film spool centres located with their axes laterally of the front part of said light passage, the bottom centres being extended downwardly through the bottom of the ease, and a nipple for fixing the camera on a stand extending downwardly from the bottom thereof, the bottom parts of said centres and. nipples ex tending to the same level to provide feet for the camera,

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